PLUSH Senior Member Joined: 1 Aug 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Columbia,MD Expertise: Just starting
Espresso: Gaggia Grinder: Mazzer
Posted Sat Feb 9, 2013, 2:37pm Subject: Leveling espresso machine necessary?
Hi,
I am in the beginning stage of putting a 2grp into my CRV to offer espresso at a farmers' market. Is Leveling legs necessary since it will be install in the back of the car? Can anyone with a mobile business give some suggestions? Thank you so much.
You'd want it level to maximize the capacity of the drip tray... not having the waste coffee start leaking out one side first, and also so that if you use spouted portafilters the coffee has a better chance of exiting both sides of the spout equally.
Ah, Thank you I didn't think of that. Does anyone know of leveling legs that can be adjusted easily on the fly to accomodate the different incline at different locations when park? I looked at some screwed in legs but it would be pretty hard to reach the ones in the back to adjust the leveling once the machine is in a car...
More important than the driptray is the boiler. If your boiler level probe is near the left side of your boiler and the left side is significantly higher than the right then your boiler will be overfilling, right? Just barely off level shouldn't be any more problematical than any of the 50% of machines I see every day with poorly adjusted boiler probes, and unless they're ridiculously out of place, the symptoms are barely noticable, but way out of level would be a problem. Also think about using a single-spout dispensor when out of level.
Or you could level the CRV itself when you park it. I used these blocks when I had a VW van and it got to the point where I could take one look at the campsite and guess correctly how many blocks I needed under which wheels.
Awesome.... Thank you so much for that link. I didn't know they have blocks like that out there for cars...this is definately a VERY way to go about it without crazy engineering...
Symbols: = New Posts since your last visit = No New Posts since last visit = Newest post
Forum Rules: No profanity, illegal acts or personal attacks will be tolerated in these discussion boards. No commercial posting of any nature will be tolerated; only private sales by private individuals, in the "Buy and Sell" forum. No cross posting allowed - do not post your topic to more than one forum, nor repost a topic to the same forum. Who Can Read The Forum? Anyone can read posts in these discussion boards. Who Can Post New Topics? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post new topics. Who Can Post Replies? Any registered CoffeeGeek member can post replies. Can Photos be posted? Anyone can post photos in their new topics or replies. Who can change or delete posts? Any CoffeeGeek member can edit their own posts. Only moderators can delete posts. Probationary Period: If you are a new signup for CoffeeGeek, you cannot promote, endorse, criticise or otherwise post an unsolicited endorsement for any company, product or service in your first five postings.
= No New Posts since last visit 